disavowal | (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disclaimer |
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disfavor | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavour, dislike |
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(noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavour |
(verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disadvantage, disfavour |
disfavour | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, dislike |
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(noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavor |
(verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disadvantage, disfavor |
drawshave | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawknife |
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eaves | (noun) the overhang at the lower edge of a roof | - |
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eavesdrop | (verb) listen without the speaker's knowledge | Synonyms: listen in |
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eavesdropper | (noun) a secret listener to private conversations | - |
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enclave | (noun) an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it | - |
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endeavor | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavour, try |
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(noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavour, enterprise |
(verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavour, strive |
endeavour | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, try |
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(noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, enterprise |
(verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavor, strive |
engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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(verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
(verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
(verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
engraved | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: etched, graven, incised, inscribed |
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engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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(noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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(noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
(noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
enslave | (verb) make a slave of; bring into servitude | - |
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enslavement | (noun) the act of making slaves of your captives | - |
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(noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: captivity |
excavate | (verb) find by digging in the ground | Synonyms: dig up, turn up |
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(verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, hollow |
(verb) form by hollowing | - |
(verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: unearth |
excavation | (noun) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | Synonyms: mining |
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(noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: dig, digging |
(noun) a hole in the ground made by excavating | - |
(noun) the site of an archeological exploration | Synonyms: archeological site, dig |
excavator | (noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, power shovel, shovel |
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(noun) a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying | - |
extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
(noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
extravagancy | (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagance |
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extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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(adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
extravagantly | (adverb) in a wasteful manner | Synonyms: lavishly |
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(adverb) in a rich and lavish manner | Synonyms: lavishly, richly |
(adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely |
extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
(verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
extravasation | (noun) the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine | - |
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(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, eruption |
(noun) an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation | - |
extraversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extroversion |
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extraversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extroversive |
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extravert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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(noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extrovert |
extraverted | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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extravertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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faveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted |
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favism | (noun) anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency | - |
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favor | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favour |
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(noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favour, party favor, party favour |
(noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favour |
(noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favour |
(noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favour |
(verb) consider as the favorite | Synonyms: favour |
(verb) promote over another | Synonyms: favour, prefer |
(verb) treat gently or carefully | Synonyms: favour |
(verb) bestow a privilege upon | Synonyms: favour, privilege |
favorable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate | Synonyms: favourable |
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(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing | Synonyms: favourable |
(adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: advantageous, favourable |
(adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favourable, golden, lucky, prosperous |
favorableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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favorably | (adverb) showing approval | Synonyms: favourably |
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favored | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred |
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favorite | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favoured, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred |
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(adjective) appealing to the general public | Synonyms: favourite |
(noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favourite |
(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favourite, pet |
(noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favourite, front-runner |
(verb) To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media | Synonyms: favourite |
favoritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favouritism |
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(noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favouritism |
favour | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favor |
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(noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favor, party favor, party favour |
(noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favor |
(noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favor |
(noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favor |
(verb) consider as the favorite | Synonyms: favor |
(verb) promote over another | Synonyms: favor, prefer |
(verb) treat gently or carefully | Synonyms: favor |
(verb) bestow a privilege upon | Synonyms: favor, privilege |
favourable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate | Synonyms: favorable |
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(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing | Synonyms: favorable |
(adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: advantageous, favorable |
(adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, golden, lucky, prosperous |
favourableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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favourably | (adverb) showing approval | Synonyms: favorably |
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favoured | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred |
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favourite | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, pet, preferent, preferred |
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(adjective) appealing to the general public | Synonyms: favorite |
(noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favorite |
(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet |
(noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favorite, front-runner |
(verb) To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media | Synonyms: favorite |
favouritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favoritism |
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(noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favoritism |
favus | (noun) a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East | - |
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flavin | (noun) a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin | - |
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flavivirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae | - |
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flavone | (noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments | - |
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flavonoid | (noun) any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone | - |
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flavor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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(noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavour |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
(verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavour, season |
flavorer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavorful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavorless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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flavorlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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flavorous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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flavorsome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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flavorsomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavoursomeness, savoriness |
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flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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(noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
(verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, season |
flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavourful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavourless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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flavourous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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flavoursome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous |
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flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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gavage | (noun) feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat | Synonyms: forced feeding |
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gavel | (noun) a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge | - |
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gavial | (noun) large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout | Synonyms: Gavialis gangeticus |
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gavotte | (noun) an old formal French dance in quadruple time | - |
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(noun) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte | - |
grave | (adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe |
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(adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | Synonyms: grievous, heavy, weighty |
(adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | Synonyms: sedate, sober, solemn |
(noun) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | Synonyms: tomb |
(noun) a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: grave accent |
(noun) death of a person | - |
(verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
(verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
gravedigger | (noun) a person who earns a living by digging graves | - |
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gravel | (noun) rock fragments and pebbles | Synonyms: crushed rock |
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(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
(verb) cover with gravel | - |
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
gravelly | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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(adjective) abounding in small stones | Synonyms: pebbly, shingly |
gravelweed | (noun) perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States | Synonyms: Verbesina helianthoides |
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gravely | (adverb) in a grave and sober manner | Synonyms: soberly, staidly |
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(adverb) to a severe or serious degree | Synonyms: badly, seriously, severely |
graven | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, etched, incised, inscribed |
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(adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: sculpted, sculptured |
graveness | (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn | Synonyms: gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness |
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graver | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graving tool, pointel, pointrel |
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graverobber | (noun) someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection | Synonyms: body snatcher, ghoul |
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(noun) someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts | - |
gravestone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: headstone, tombstone |
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graveyard | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis |
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gravid | (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, great, heavy, large, with child |
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gravida | (noun) a pregnant woman | - |
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(noun) the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in | - |
gravidation | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidity, gravidness |
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gravidity | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidation, gravidness |
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gravidness | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidation, gravidity |
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gravimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid | Synonyms: hydrometer |
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(noun) a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth | Synonyms: gravity meter |
gravimetric | (adjective) of or relating to hydrometry | Synonyms: hydrometric |
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gravimetry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: hydrometry |
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gravitas | (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: dignity, lordliness |
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gravitate | (verb) move due to the pull of gravitation | - |
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(verb) be attracted to | - |
(verb) move toward | - |
gravitation | (noun) a figurative movement toward some attraction | - |
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(noun) movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction | - |
(noun) (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface | Synonyms: gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity |
gravitational | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by gravitation | Synonyms: gravitative |
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gravitationally | (adverb) with respect to gravitation | - |
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